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Show GERMANS ADDRESS BELGIAN CABINET j PARTS, Aug. 25. The texts of the communication from the German government govern-ment to the government of Belgium of August 9 and the answer thereto, dated' August 12, were obtained in Paria today from an authoritative source. The German communication was convened con-vened to tlie Brussels cabinet through the Netherlands minister of foreign affairs af-fairs and the Belgian minister at Tlie Hague. It Is signed by Baron Fallen and is addressed to tlie cabinet at Brussels. It is as follows: Tlie Hague, Aug. 9. The minister of foreign affairs begs me to send you this information because the American minister at Brussels (Brand U'h it-lock it-lock ) refused to transmit it. The Liege fortresses have been taken by storm after a courageous defense. The German government deeply regrets re-grets that owing to the attitude of the Beleian government toward Ger-niHiiy Ger-niHiiy blood has been shed. Germany does" not come Into Belgium as an enemy. en-emy. It is entirely by force of events that she has been obliged, owing to tlie military measures taken by-France, by-France, to reach the serious decision of entering Belgium and occupying Urge as a bftse of further military operations. Now that the Belgian army by Its nerotc resistance against enormously superior numbers has maintained its honor, the German Rovernment tes the kinc t-t t:.o l-l:an3 anU t!.e l-;ej-cian Kn"-'ernment to spare Belgium fr-,m f'jr;l'r l;orrors of war. Tr.e i.krrniiii ifwernment is r?ady to aeree to anv unitT!:andinp with Belgium Bel-gium consistent with her differences with Frarjt-e. Germany, moreover, pives the s-"kmn a.uranf-e Uiat 5ho has no Intention of aiincxinp H'teian territory; such intention is far from 1it thoughts. Germany is readv to evacuate as soon as war conditions peiTnlt- The T'nlted States minister had bpefpl his i oileaues to communicate this offer of ni'-tliatlon. The minister of foreign affairs accepted the mission without enthusiasm. I trxk -this ta?k on mvself In order to be apreea;jle to him. The R.?l?ian reply to this communication 1- dated at Brus.ely, August 12, and is as follow s : Please communicate the following tel-krram to the ministry of foreign (iff airs: The proposal tlie Germans make to us Is a repetition 'f the proposal pro-posal formulated In the ultimatum of A u trust 2. Faithful to her International Interna-tional obligations, Belgium can only reiterate her answer to ti-at ultimatum, ultima-tum, and a!! the more so because, since August 3, her neutrality has bf;en violated, a distre?pfnif war hfts been broueht to her territory, and the nations na-tions which guaranteed her neutrality have loyally and Immediately answered an-swered her call. |